NEGATIVE SIGN

Definition: NEGATIVE SIGN

NEGATIVE SIGN

1. The sign -, or minus (opposed in signification to +, or plus), indicating that the quantity to which it is prefixed is to be subtracted from the preceding quantity, or is to be reckoned from zero or cipher in the opposite direction to that of quanties having the sign plus either expressed or understood; thus, in a - b, b is to be substracted from a, or regarded as opposite to it in value; and -10[deg] on a thermometer means 10[deg] below the zero of the scale.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: NEGATIVE SIGN

The guide made a negative sign of the head, probably treacherous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Bulgarian 

минус (less, minus). (various references)

Danish

negativt udbytte (negative sign under the heading withdrawal). (various references)

Dutch

negatief inkomen (negative sign under the heading withdrawal). (various references)

French

signe moins. (various references)

German

negatives vorzeichen, minuszeichen (minus). (various references)

Greek 

αρνητικό πρόσημο στην κατηγορία των αναλήψεων (negative sign under the heading withdrawal). (various references)

Hungarian

negatív előjel, mínuszjel (dash, minus sign, negative), mínusz előjel. (various references)

Italian

reddito negativo (negative sign under the heading withdrawal). (various references)

Manx

cowrey obballagh. (various references)

Pig Latin

egativenay ignsay.(various references)

Portuguese

pólo negativo. (various references)

Russian 

ничто (naught, negation, none, nothing, nought, o, ought, the negative sign, zilch), ничего (never mind, nothing, the negative sign), знак минус (the negative sign). (various references)

Spanish

signo negativo. (various references)

Turkish

eksi işareti (minus sign). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: envisaging, negativing.

-3 letters: agentings, agentives, antigenes, genitives, ingesting, ingestive, intensive, investing, naiveties, negatives, signeting, venetians.

-4 letters: agenting, agentive, agisting, antigene, antigens, avenging, egesting, einstein, envisage, evenings, gaieties, genitive, gentians, gingivae, ginniest, invitees, naggiest, naivetes, negating, negative, nineties, sainting, singeing, staining, stanging, steeving, stinging, tingeing, vanities, veiniest, veinings, venetian, ventages, vestigia, vintages.

-5 letters: ageings, anteing, antigen, antings, asinine, avenges, easting, eatings, engages, engines, etesian, evening, eviting, gaining, gaiting, gannets, gasting, genevas, genseng, gentian, gingiva, ginseng, ignites, inanest, ingates, ingesta, insigne, intense, intines, invents, invitee, invites, isatine, naivest, naivete, natives, neatens, negates, nesting, saining, seating, seining, sieging, sienite, sieving, signage, signing, singing, staggie, staging, stanine, staning, staving, tanging, teasing, tennies, tensing, tensive, tinging, vainest, veggies, veining, venging, venines, ventage, venting, vestige, vesting, viniest, vintage, visaing, viseing.

+3 letters: reinvestigating.

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